Western Bulldogs

Matthew Boyd

Medium Defender#5AFL

Bio

Born in 1982, Matthew Boyd made his senior debut with Western Bulldogs in 2003. He plays as a medium defender. Lineball holds stats from 292 of his games across 2003–2017.

Key facts

Age: 44
Height: 184 cm
Weight: 88 kg
Number: #5
Born: 27 August 1982
Debut: 2003
Position: Medium Defender
Drafted: 2003 (rookie elevation)
Recruited from: Narre Warren (Vic), Dandenong U18, Frankston (VFL)

Official profile

AFL player profile ↗Wikipedia ↗Wikidata ↗

Career

Western Bulldogs

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Every game we hold

Includes finals, playoffs and exhibition games, so totals run higher than regular-season figures.

Season
2017 AFLWestern Bulldogs	10	230	133	97	57	3	2	16	7	16	47	175	0	3	3,875	2	4	35	25	22	9	5	52	42	52	1	842	77.8	–	2	2	5	171	29	12	93	17	5	222	89	0
2016 AFLWestern Bulldogs	24	653	407	246	161	0	1	49	17	51	171	431	0	6	11,810	2	10	118	51	58	17	14	101	79	155	2	2,368	290.5	–	14	6	11	513	137	28	171	35	2	602	305	0
2015 AFLWestern Bulldogs	19	516	321	195	148	1	6	40	29	45	133	356	3	2	8,269	0	6	84	30	47	15	10	92	65	119	3	1,957	218.3	–	20	9	20	408	103	25	165	23	7	489	244	2
2014 AFLWestern Bulldogs	19	498	249	249	69	7	11	82	89	60	214	279	4	11	6,385	6	3	24	28	46	15	13	97	75	64	13	1,813	236.7	–	10	28	61	331	172	6	240	11	23	493	137	2
2013 AFLWestern Bulldogs	13	382	196	186	61	4	2	51	71	57	157	226	5	9	5,662	2	3	25	13	47	6	11	70	66	34	7	1,351	161.2	–	7	33	38	258	106	6	166	9	6	383	115	1
2012 AFLWestern Bulldogs	22	727	380	347	112	6	9	87	139	98	308	412	17	5	10,616	6	5	62	36	74	18	15	135	136	110	8	2,553	332.4	–	9	53	86	478	224	23	342	15	22	720	197	3
2011 AFLWestern Bulldogs	22	701	398	303	85	8	5	113	154	115	326	378	13	23	–	6	4	75	32	76	39	20	–	–	–	–	–	–	24	5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2010 AFLWestern Bulldogs	23	697	393	304	107	8	10	106	151	97	305	386	20	10	–	3	8	51	39	85	19	15	–	–	–	–	–	–	20	9	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2009 AFLWestern Bulldogs	25	722	328	394	120	15	5	90	142	92	280	445	14	13	–	6	3	44	41	63	18	13	–	–	–	–	–	–	14	20	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2008 AFLWestern Bulldogs	25	629	315	314	133	5	6	94	86	64	213	419	7	12	–	8	6	44	36	77	30	29	–	–	–	–	–	–	12	22	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2007 AFLWestern Bulldogs	22	545	295	250	137	11	8	77	85	83	166	370	7	15	–	5	1	53	29	71	17	25	–	–	–	–	–	–	6	43	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2006 AFLWestern Bulldogs	24	478	245	233	132	9	5	89	63	83	153	318	–	9	–	7	7	40	28	52	18	22	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	52	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2005 AFLWestern Bulldogs	17	229	120	109	66	5	4	35	19	43	63	162	2	12	–	2	5	24	22	24	11	14	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	12	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2004 AFLWestern Bulldogs	19	255	136	119	91	1	2	41	21	27	97	165	3	2	–	2	4	40	37	31	14	10	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	13	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2003 AFLWestern Bulldogs	8	57	25	32	12	3	3	9	9	10	26	31	1	3	–	2	1	5	16	11	3	4	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Career15 seasons	292	7,319	3,941	3,378	1,491	86	79	979	1,082	941	2,659	4,553	96	135	46,617	59	70	724	463	784	249	220	547	463	534	34	10,884	1316.9	76	238	131	221	2,159	771	100	1,177	110	65	2,909	1,087	8

Stats from official league and public sports feeds. Updated hourly. Career and honours from Wikidata (CC0).

Splits, AFL

Split
AwayHome or away, 67W	154	24.8	13.3	11.5	4.8	0.3	0.3	3.2	3.8	3.1	9.2	15.1	0.4	0.4	158	0.2	0.2	2.5	1.6	2.8	0.9	0.8	1.6	1.6	1.7	0.1	36.1	4.2	0.2	0.9	0.5	0.7	7.0	2.6	0.3	4.1	0.4	0.2	9.7	3.5	0.0
HomeHome or away, 79W	138	25.4	13.8	11.6	5.5	0.3	0.3	3.5	3.6	3.4	9.0	16.1	0.3	0.5	161	0.2	0.2	2.4	1.6	2.6	0.8	0.7	2.2	1.5	1.9	0.1	38.6	4.8	0.3	0.8	0.4	0.8	7.8	2.7	0.4	4.0	0.4	0.2	10.3	4.0	0.0
WinsResult, 146W	146	25.9	14.5	11.3	5.6	0.3	0.3	3.5	3.4	3.4	8.8	16.5	0.3	0.6	169	0.2	0.2	2.6	1.5	2.6	0.7	0.8	1.9	1.5	2.1	0.1	37.5	4.5	0.4	1.0	0.2	0.6	7.6	2.4	0.4	3.3	0.4	0.2	9.6	4.3	0.0
LossesResult, 0W	144	24.2	12.5	11.8	4.6	0.2	0.2	3.2	4.0	3.1	9.5	14.6	0.4	0.4	152	0.2	0.3	2.3	1.7	2.8	0.9	0.7	1.8	1.7	1.5	0.1	37.5	4.6	0.1	0.6	0.7	0.9	7.3	2.9	0.3	4.8	0.4	0.3	10.4	3.2	0.0
DrawsResult, 0W	2	27.5	14.0	13.5	8.5	0.5	–	3.5	3.0	3.5	8.0	19.5	1.0	1.0	–	–	–	3.0	2.0	4.5	2.0	1.5	–	–	–	–	–	–	2.0	2.0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Regular seasonStage, 138W	276	25.0	13.5	11.5	5.1	0.3	0.3	3.4	3.7	3.3	9.1	15.6	0.3	0.5	160	0.2	0.2	2.4	1.6	2.6	0.9	0.8	1.9	1.6	1.8	0.1	38.0	4.7	0.3	0.8	0.5	0.8	7.5	2.7	0.4	4.1	0.4	0.2	10.2	3.8	0.0
FinalsStage, 8W	16	26.1	13.9	12.2	4.4	0.0	0.1	2.9	3.6	2.6	9.1	15.4	0.5	0.4	154	0.1	0.3	3.4	1.9	4.0	0.7	0.8	1.2	1.6	1.6	0.0	25.1	2.1	–	0.8	0.1	0.0	5.1	1.6	0.2	2.6	0.6	0.1	5.9	3.1	0.0
MelbourneOpponent, 14W	22	22.6	12.5	10.1	4.4	0.1	0.2	3.8	4.3	2.6	9.4	12.8	0.5	0.2	159	0.0	0.2	2.4	1.1	3.0	0.9	0.7	1.6	1.9	1.7	0.3	38.1	5.0	0.3	1.2	0.6	1.3	6.5	3.4	0.5	4.1	0.2	0.0	9.6	3.4	0.1
Adelaide CrowsOpponent, 9W	21	22.0	10.8	11.2	4.3	0.2	0.2	3.1	2.9	2.4	7.5	14.0	0.1	0.5	158	0.3	0.2	1.7	1.4	2.3	0.8	0.5	2.2	1.4	1.9	0.0	37.0	4.8	–	0.6	0.6	0.8	7.3	2.4	0.5	4.3	0.3	0.2	9.8	3.7	0.0
Geelong CatsOpponent, 5W	21	24.4	11.6	12.8	4.5	0.1	0.2	2.4	3.5	2.6	8.6	15.5	0.4	0.5	118	0.2	0.1	2.7	1.9	2.9	1.0	0.9	1.7	1.1	1.1	0.1	26.3	3.7	0.1	1.1	0.4	0.7	6.4	2.2	0.2	2.9	0.6	0.0	8.0	2.5	0.0
North MelbourneOpponent, 10W	21	26.2	14.3	11.9	5.2	0.2	0.3	3.4	3.8	3.7	9.5	16.1	0.4	0.5	201	0.3	0.3	2.8	1.3	2.5	0.7	0.5	2.3	2.0	2.1	0.1	43.0	4.4	0.3	0.7	0.6	0.9	7.9	3.1	0.3	5.6	0.2	0.4	11.0	4.1	0.0
Sydney SwansOpponent, 10W	21	24.0	14.6	9.4	4.8	0.1	0.4	3.4	3.9	3.4	9.6	14.1	0.4	0.2	182	0.1	0.4	3.4	2.0	2.7	1.0	0.7	1.4	2.0	1.9	0.2	37.1	4.1	0.2	0.4	0.6	0.6	7.0	2.9	0.3	4.4	0.4	0.2	10.0	3.8	0.0
CollingwoodOpponent, 10W	20	25.5	13.4	12.1	4.8	0.5	0.3	3.1	3.9	3.0	8.9	16.3	0.4	0.5	134	0.3	0.3	2.5	1.7	2.8	0.5	0.7	1.4	1.1	1.4	0.1	30.4	4.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	6.8	1.8	0.3	3.0	0.5	0.3	8.6	3.5	0.0
West Coast EaglesOpponent, 8W	20	27.2	14.1	13.2	4.8	0.3	0.4	3.8	4.2	3.4	10.3	16.4	0.3	0.3	167	0.1	0.1	2.5	2.0	3.2	1.0	1.1	2.1	1.8	2.0	0.1	40.6	4.4	0.1	0.9	0.5	0.8	8.0	3.6	0.2	4.2	0.7	0.2	11.2	3.8	0.1
EssendonOpponent, 9W	19	22.8	12.8	9.9	4.4	0.2	0.2	3.2	3.5	2.7	8.9	13.4	0.2	0.4	106	0.3	0.1	1.8	1.1	2.3	0.9	0.7	1.5	0.9	1.5	0.1	25.9	3.1	0.1	1.1	0.1	0.7	5.3	1.9	0.2	2.1	0.1	0.2	6.9	2.9	0.0
St KildaOpponent, 7W	19	27.2	14.6	12.6	6.2	0.2	0.2	3.6	3.6	3.9	9.6	17.5	0.3	0.3	151	0.2	0.2	2.3	1.2	3.2	0.8	1.2	1.7	1.8	1.8	0.1	38.4	4.1	0.3	0.8	0.4	0.5	7.2	2.6	0.5	4.4	0.2	0.2	10.6	3.9	0.0
Brisbane LionsOpponent, 12W	18	26.9	13.9	12.9	6.2	0.4	0.3	3.6	3.9	3.1	9.4	17.7	0.2	0.6	115	0.3	0.4	2.7	1.3	3.0	0.8	1.1	1.6	1.1	1.8	0.1	31.7	3.8	0.2	0.9	0.3	0.9	6.6	2.3	0.3	3.8	0.1	0.1	8.8	3.2	0.0
RichmondOpponent, 12W	18	23.8	11.9	11.9	4.8	0.5	0.2	3.9	3.4	3.7	8.3	15.2	0.3	0.8	133	0.2	0.1	2.2	1.7	2.8	0.8	1.0	1.8	1.3	1.7	0.2	36.2	4.2	0.3	1.3	0.4	0.8	7.5	1.9	0.3	3.4	0.4	0.2	9.3	3.2	0.0
HawthornOpponent, 7W	16	25.4	13.4	12.1	5.4	0.3	0.3	3.8	4.1	2.9	9.8	15.6	0.8	0.3	130	0.3	0.4	2.5	1.6	2.3	1.0	0.8	1.1	1.3	1.3	0.1	30.3	3.4	0.4	0.3	0.3	0.6	5.9	1.8	0.5	3.0	0.5	0.2	7.8	3.2	0.0
Port AdelaideOpponent, 9W	16	24.3	14.0	10.3	5.2	0.8	0.3	2.7	2.5	3.1	7.6	15.7	0.2	0.5	162	0.2	0.2	2.5	1.7	2.3	0.5	0.3	1.4	1.9	1.6	0.1	32.8	3.7	0.6	0.9	0.3	0.6	5.9	2.1	0.3	3.3	0.4	0.2	8.4	3.3	0.0
FremantleOpponent, 8W	15	26.7	14.8	11.9	6.1	0.4	0.3	2.7	4.1	3.7	9.4	17.1	0.1	0.9	133	0.2	0.4	2.3	2.1	2.5	0.9	0.8	1.5	1.1	1.9	0.1	35.3	3.9	0.5	0.7	0.5	0.3	7.2	2.0	0.2	3.7	0.5	0.1	9.4	3.5	0.0
CarltonOpponent, 6W	12	22.7	13.7	9.0	6.0	0.6	0.2	3.8	3.8	4.3	8.5	14.1	0.2	0.5	152	0.2	0.3	2.5	2.2	2.1	1.0	0.5	1.8	1.2	1.8	0.1	35.3	5.4	0.2	1.1	0.7	0.8	7.1	1.9	0.7	2.8	0.3	0.3	8.9	3.8	0.2
Gold Coast SUNSOpponent, 6W	8	31.5	18.0	13.5	6.1	0.0	0.4	3.8	3.4	4.0	9.1	22.0	0.6	0.5	364	0.3	0.3	2.8	1.1	3.1	1.0	0.4	3.8	2.9	3.8	0.1	82.6	9.0	0.6	0.4	0.6	1.4	15.5	4.6	0.3	10.9	0.4	0.6	21.6	8.1	0.0
GWS GIANTSOpponent, 4W	5	31.4	17.0	14.4	5.2	0.4	0.8	2.8	4.4	4.2	13.0	17.0	0.2	1.0	507	0.2	0.2	3.2	2.0	2.6	1.6	0.6	8.6	5.6	6.0	0.2	110	17.5	–	0.6	1.6	2.8	24.2	10.2	0.2	10.4	1.0	1.4	30.0	12.0	0.0
Marvel StadiumGround, 83W	155	25.8	14.0	11.8	5.4	0.3	0.3	3.5	3.8	3.5	9.3	16.2	0.3	0.5	177	0.2	0.2	2.4	1.5	2.6	0.9	0.7	2.3	1.7	2.1	0.1	42.6	5.2	0.3	0.9	0.5	0.9	8.6	2.9	0.5	4.2	0.4	0.2	11.4	4.5	0.0
MCGGround, 27W	50	24.5	12.9	11.6	5.0	0.2	0.2	3.5	3.7	3.0	9.0	15.1	0.5	0.5	97.0	0.1	0.3	2.5	1.6	3.1	0.7	0.9	1.0	0.9	1.1	0.1	22.2	2.5	0.2	0.8	0.3	0.3	4.2	1.4	0.2	2.6	0.3	0.1	5.6	2.1	0.0
Domain StadiumGround, 5W	17	26.8	13.5	13.4	4.8	0.3	0.2	3.5	3.7	3.0	10.9	15.6	0.2	0.7	161	0.2	0.4	2.4	2.1	3.1	0.9	1.0	1.6	1.8	2.5	0.2	40.5	4.7	0.2	0.9	0.6	0.5	7.9	3.5	0.2	5.2	0.7	0.2	10.9	3.2	0.0
AAMI StadiumGround, 4W	14	19.6	10.1	9.6	3.8	0.6	0.3	2.9	2.9	3.0	7.4	11.9	0.2	0.4	54.9	0.3	0.1	1.1	0.9	2.1	0.8	0.3	0.8	0.7	0.4	0.0	15.3	2.0	0.2	0.6	0.4	0.6	2.2	1.4	0.1	2.5	0.0	0.3	3.9	0.7	0.0
SCGGround, 3W	10	22.3	15.5	6.8	4.8	0.0	0.4	3.4	3.6	3.6	8.4	13.5	0.3	0.1	239	0.1	0.3	3.8	2.4	2.3	1.1	0.4	0.6	1.8	2.1	0.3	40.5	4.5	–	0.5	0.5	0.7	7.1	2.6	0.4	4.7	0.7	0.2	10.2	4.8	0.0
GabbaGround, 4W	9	25.8	12.3	13.4	6.3	0.6	0.4	3.9	4.6	2.9	9.7	16.4	0.1	0.2	71.7	0.6	0.3	2.9	1.4	3.0	0.8	1.2	1.2	0.9	0.7	0.2	24.2	3.2	0.1	1.1	0.3	1.1	5.1	2.1	0.0	3.7	0.0	0.1	7.0	1.9	0.0
Corroboree Group Oval ManukaGround, 6W	8	24.0	13.0	11.0	3.6	0.5	0.5	3.1	5.1	3.8	10.8	13.3	0.4	0.6	121	0.1	0.1	1.8	1.1	2.5	0.5	0.9	2.6	1.6	1.6	0.0	30.8	5.9	0.5	0.4	0.9	1.3	7.1	3.5	0.0	3.1	0.1	0.5	9.1	2.9	0.0
GMHBA StadiumGround, 1W	7	22.6	10.0	12.6	2.7	0.0	0.3	1.9	4.0	1.7	8.7	13.4	0.4	0.6	160	0.0	0.0	2.6	2.1	2.9	1.0	0.9	2.3	1.6	1.7	0.1	33.3	4.7	–	0.4	0.3	1.7	9.0	3.7	0.0	3.3	1.1	0.1	11.4	2.7	0.0
TIO StadiumGround, 5W	7	26.4	14.9	11.6	7.0	0.9	0.1	2.3	2.4	2.4	7.4	18.6	0.6	0.3	93.3	0.1	0.1	2.3	1.3	2.3	0.6	0.6	0.9	0.9	1.3	0.0	18.3	2.1	0.6	0.6	0.0	0.3	2.9	1.3	0.1	3.0	0.0	0.3	4.4	1.7	0.0
Adelaide OvalGround, 1W	4	24.8	15.0	9.8	2.5	0.0	0.5	3.8	2.0	2.3	7.3	15.8	0.3	0.0	453	0.3	0.5	4.0	2.3	3.0	0.8	0.3	2.8	5.3	4.5	0.3	87.8	10.0	–	0.3	0.8	1.3	16.0	5.8	0.8	10.5	1.3	0.5	23.0	8.8	0.0
Cazalys StadiumGround, 3W	3	29.7	18.0	11.7	7.7	0.0	0.7	2.0	1.7	2.7	7.3	20.7	0.0	0.3	509	0.3	0.0	4.0	1.7	2.7	0.3	0.3	5.0	2.3	5.0	0.0	108	12.6	–	0.3	0.3	1.3	22.3	6.7	0.0	10.3	1.0	0.7	28.0	13.3	0.0
People First StadiumGround, 1W	3	32.7	16.7	16.0	5.0	0.0	0.0	4.3	6.0	3.7	10.7	21.7	0.7	0.7	243	0.0	0.3	2.0	0.3	4.3	1.7	0.7	3.0	3.3	2.0	0.3	69.3	6.5	1.0	0.7	1.3	1.7	12.3	2.7	0.3	11.7	0.0	0.3	19.3	4.3	0.0
Princes ParkGround, 1W	2	9.5	5.5	4.0	4.0	–	–	2.0	1.0	1.0	4.0	5.5	–	–	–	–	0.5	2.0	2.5	1.0	1.5	0.5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1.5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
UTAS StadiumGround, 1W	2	22.0	11.0	11.0	3.5	0.5	0.5	3.5	3.5	2.5	7.5	14.0	0.5	0.5	117	0.0	0.5	1.5	1.0	2.0	1.5	0.5	1.5	3.0	1.5	1.0	35.0	1.8	–	0.0	0.5	1.0	5.5	3.5	0.0	4.5	0.5	0.5	9.5	2.5	0.0
ENGIE StadiumGround, 1W	1	24.0	20.0	4.0	4.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	4.0	5.0	12.0	0.0	1.0	747	0.0	0.0	10.0	3.0	2.0	2.0	0.0	4.0	7.0	4.0	0.0	86.0	8.8	–	0.0	0.0	0.0	20.0	4.0	0.0	8.0	2.0	1.0	17.0	16.0	0.0

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